New Directive 77/388/EEC on system of value added tax
Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws ofthe Member States relating to turnover taxes — Common system of value added taxand uniform basis of assessment has been significantly and repeatedly amended.Therefore there was need for an updated and integrated Directive governing thesystem of added valued tax. The new Council Directive 2006/112/EC on the commonsystem of value added tax summarizes the whole system and stipulates the rulesto be generally applied. The Directive also contains a list of Directives thatare repealed by this Directive. This Directive entered into force on 1 January2007 and must be implemented by Member States by 1 January 2008.
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